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What makes skydivers so different from whuffos? 1 2 3

By Guru312, February 7, 2014
- 57 replies
- 10,724 views
- wolfriverjoe
- February 20, 2014
Why Downsize? 1 2 3

By Airman1270, January 13, 2007
- 57 replies
- 9,006 views
- Pulse
- January 22, 2007
Friend dies skydiving... little freaked out to get back in the air? 1 2 3

By Conundrum, March 11, 2005
- 57 replies
- 6,729 views
- PhreeZone
- June 19, 2008
performing backloops 1 2 3

By chuteless, March 15, 2004
- 57 replies
- 5,763 views
- Fireflyer
- March 22, 2004
First AFF failed really bad! need imput! 1 2 3

By elgue, February 6, 2010
- 57 replies
- 10,844 views
- StangMan90
- February 10, 2010
DZ Camping. What's your setup? 1 2 3

By Shredex, December 12, 2012
- 57 replies
- 11,918 views
- sepstrup
- December 18, 2012
Leaving the USPA 1 2 3

By wildblue, November 18, 2002
- 57 replies
- 8,646 views
- Antithesis
- December 3, 2002
U.S. Parachute Team ~ Any Funding Idea$ ? 1 2 3

By airtwardo, December 1, 2011
- 57 replies
- 3,605 views
- DSE
- December 12, 2011
Skygod straight from AFF 1 2 3

By RkyMtnHigh, April 14, 2007
- 57 replies
- 7,623 views
- Kynan1
- April 27, 2007
Pics: Birth of an Otter. 1 2 3

By AndyMan, June 6, 2005
- 57 replies
- 6,329 views
- dgskydive
- August 5, 2005
So I know this guy... 1 2 3

By Gato, March 7, 2012
- 56 replies
- 9,985 views
- tmccann
- March 10, 2012
Instructor crush? 1 2 3

By GooniesKid, August 27, 2012
- 56 replies
- 13,841 views
- GooniesKid
- May 14, 2014
Skydive Pilot Wage? 1 2 3

By KevinLizard, January 23, 2008
- 56 replies
- 17,443 views
- Superfletch
- January 28, 2008
Question About WLing 1 2 3

By millertime24, November 17, 2008
- 56 replies
- 4,911 views
- billvon
- November 20, 2008
Jumping off the roof of a skyvan 1 2 3

By kevinsa, March 23, 2008
- 56 replies
- 5,963 views
- davelepka
- March 27, 2008
Your hairy moments in the air 1 2 3

By Zep, October 10, 2004
- 56 replies
- 3,869 views
- relyon
- October 23, 2004
FAA rules on observer rides 1 2 3

By Neoslim22, January 4, 2014
- 56 replies
- 18,942 views
- DBCOOPER
- August 23, 2017
Cessna 182 Fear 1 2 3

By skylawgirl84, March 16, 2011
- 56 replies
- 9,074 views
- JohnMitchell
- March 26, 2011
When landing off the dropzone... 1 2 3

By klingeme, February 10, 2012
- 56 replies
- 5,774 views
- jimmytavino
- February 17, 2012
What's too windy? 1 2 3

By ozzy13, March 7, 2008
- 56 replies
- 6,939 views
- JeepDiver
- March 20, 2008
They both have AADs, so everything's cool right? 1 2 3

By Remster, August 22, 2014
- 56 replies
- 11,837 views
- faulknerwn
- August 31, 2014
What were you thinking during your first pull time? 1 2 3

By ntrprnr, August 1, 2005
- 56 replies
- 5,706 views
- tbrown
- August 28, 2005
Whats up with Perris and skydivingmovies.com? 1 2 3

By martin-o, October 30, 2007
- 56 replies
- 7,299 views
- Andy9o8
- November 3, 2007
Serious question about asking someone their experience level 1 2 3

By ACMESkydiver, April 30, 2006
- 56 replies
- 3,383 views
- zenkith
- May 5, 2006
A tandem for recurrency 1 2 3

By flyinchicken, July 11, 2007
- 56 replies
- 5,890 views
- Krip
- July 15, 2007
PIA pics?? 1 2 3

By skymedic, January 18, 2005
- 56 replies
- 4,931 views
- katiebear21
- January 25, 2005
You know you got it bad when... 1 2 3

By thesaint, January 27, 2006
- 56 replies
- 5,899 views
- cocker
- February 9, 2006
Is this for real? 1 2 3

By 2cmyzx, March 14, 2005
- 56 replies
- 4,371 views
- johnny1488
- March 21, 2005
Taking Up Skydiving in Mid-life 1 2 3

By Fruitfly, March 1, 2010
- 56 replies
- 6,253 views
- laughn_gas
- March 4, 2010
Plane dives with you 1 2 3

By northcave, August 13, 2007
- 56 replies
- 7,850 views
- brettski74
- October 28, 2007
ok... Have you ever induced a mal to cutaway, OR just cutaway a good parachute? 1 2 3

By Calvin19, December 10, 2006
- 56 replies
- 4,336 views
- orribolollie
- December 14, 2006
Dropzones that allow 16 year olds 1 2 3

By salami88, January 25, 2007
- 56 replies
- 12,797 views
- Deuce
- January 30, 2007
The re-pack cycle ~ *From Z-Hill Fatality thread 1 2 3

By airtwardo, January 3, 2012
- 56 replies
- 5,562 views
- jonstark
- January 15, 2012
THEY DID IT (300 WAY) 1 2 3

By Enrique, December 12, 2002
- 56 replies
- 7,966 views
- BikerBabe
- December 16, 2002
Are you still afraid of the door? 1 2 3

By npgraphicdesign, January 31, 2011
- 56 replies
- 5,684 views
- waveoff5500
- February 10, 2011
Different way to flare? 1 2 3

By millertime24, November 14, 2010
- 56 replies
- 5,579 views
- format
- November 18, 2010
who has had zero g in a jump ship? 1 2 3

By Newbie, January 14, 2004
- 56 replies
- 5,889 views
- rocketdog
- January 25, 2004
Boyfriend's birthday present: did anyone NOT enjoy their first jump? 1 2 3

By Paperweight, June 19, 2012
- 56 replies
- 11,253 views
- Krip
- July 4, 2012
Reality of a Skydiving career? 1 2 3

By t0n3z, April 22, 2007
- 56 replies
- 7,865 views
- kschilk
- December 8, 2007
What did you do for your 100th jump? 1 2 3

By Milney, February 9, 2003
- 56 replies
- 3,989 views
- jheadley
- December 1, 2006
RW Using Fatalities as Advertising! 1 2 3

By silvere, September 9, 2005
- 56 replies
- 6,327 views
- Ron
- September 15, 2005
Solo freefly, group RW? 1 2 3

By kelel01, February 16, 2004
- 56 replies
- 4,803 views
- marks
- February 18, 2004
Encourage friends to jump..? 1 2 3

By timbarrett, September 4, 2006
- 56 replies
- 5,447 views
- jgoose71
- October 11, 2006
Support for the Skydiving Museum with USPA membership funds 1 2 3

By DBCOOPER, November 6, 2018
- 56 replies
- 11,244 views
- 3331
- December 7, 2018
Have you ever forgot your goggles? 1 2 3

By PilotLevi, February 27, 2007
- 56 replies
- 6,032 views
- rwieder
- March 3, 2007
C-182 crash, Texas about July 10th 1 2 3

By diverdriver, July 17, 2007
- 56 replies
- 8,704 views
- flyer299
- August 8, 2007
POLL : Left or Right 1 2 3

By scratch69, January 3, 2007
- 55 replies
- 4,793 views
- billvon
- January 11, 2007
Sharing The Love 1 2 3

By slotperfect, June 26, 2005
- 55 replies
- 8,969 views
- snowslider
- February 24, 2007
Negative reactions to the sport 1 2 3

By NorrinRadd, August 19, 2013
- 55 replies
- 12,377 views
- DcloudZ
- September 4, 2013
Pulling Reserve!!!! 1 2 3

By CrazyIvan, November 16, 2002
- 55 replies
- 8,387 views
- Iflyme
- November 20, 2002
How much did you spend on skydiving last year? 1 2 3

By pccoder, February 25, 2004
- 55 replies
- 4,735 views
- ltdiver
- March 8, 2004
katana 120 VS crossfire 2 119 ?? 1 2 3

By hhhyyrt, March 6, 2012
- 55 replies
- 13,050 views
- craigbey
- June 5, 2012
Choosing the right drop Zone 1 2 3

By Ramzisleiman, December 17, 2014
- 55 replies
- 11,959 views
- Ramzisleiman
- May 9, 2015
How many did you do? 1 2 3

By shortyj, February 19, 2007
- 55 replies
- 7,018 views
- Eule
- February 22, 2007
Large Skydivers 1 2 3

By Slyder, May 10, 2004
- 55 replies
- 4,140 views
- freakflyer9999
- May 11, 2004
Best Short Runway Jump Plane 1 2 3

By DontfallOff, August 18, 2011
- 55 replies
- 10,467 views
- jimp
- August 30, 2011
halo jump ? 1 2 3

By J0nathan, February 24, 2012
- 55 replies
- 28,102 views
- RMK
- March 2, 2012
The pointy end of raindrops... 1 2 3

By hackish, July 26, 2007
- 55 replies
- 6,664 views
- Lastchance
- July 27, 2007
Skydive Radio Interviews Col. Joseph Kittinger. Questions Welcome. 1 2 3

By diverds, July 12, 2007
- 55 replies
- 4,584 views
- iamsam
- March 26, 2008
Im 16 And I Want To Jump... 1 2 3

By Da_SKiES_R_BLu, November 12, 2008
- 55 replies
- 8,050 views
- TEXX56
- November 15, 2008
Misleading Sun Path Ad.... 1 2 3

By eames, February 4, 2004
- 55 replies
- 4,377 views
- WrongWay
- February 6, 2004
Time to give up for a while? 1 2 3

By Justpin, November 6, 2011
- 55 replies
- 3,957 views
- pincheck
- November 8, 2011
High Altitude Record 1 2 3

By Flyfast, July 30, 2009
- 55 replies
- 12,130 views
- chuteless
- August 13, 2013
I'm afraid to jump again 1 2 3

By Grandpa, October 1, 2004
- 55 replies
- 6,965 views
- Grandpa
- October 18, 2004
Anatomy of a "spinner". 1 2 3

By Dolph, November 14, 2005
- 55 replies
- 6,495 views
- Hooknswoop
- November 21, 2005
Speed of sound? 1 2 3

By airdvr, May 22, 2010
- 55 replies
- 6,448 views
- rdufokker
- May 30, 2010
another unethical dz website 1 2 3

By happythoughts, March 31, 2007
- 55 replies
- 10,538 views
- Andy9o8
- April 3, 2007
No class, no jump in Big D 1 2 3

By Musicman, March 13, 2005
- 55 replies
- 5,087 views
- dorbie
- March 22, 2005
canopy size and jumps 1 2 3

By elias123, August 27, 2007
- 55 replies
- 4,025 views
- dharma1976
- September 1, 2007
USPA BOD Cliff's Notes 1 2 3

By skydived19006, March 3, 2014
- 55 replies
- 13,065 views
- Fast
- March 18, 2014
How to TOTALLY screw the pooch on Level 1: 1 2 3

By KevinP, February 21, 2011
- 55 replies
- 4,304 views
- ufk22
- March 1, 2011
Why does customer service in skydiving suck? 1 2 3

By Titanman2789, July 18, 2012
- 55 replies
- 7,660 views
- rehmwa
- July 26, 2012
My experience with Atair 1 2 3

By Aviatrr, August 17, 2001
- 55 replies
- 3,478 views
- jumpwally
- December 31, 2008
overawed by all the cuteness 1 2 3

By guineapiggie101, February 14, 2011
- 55 replies
- 4,475 views
- KevinP
- February 19, 2011
...Life Insurance... 1 2 3

By IEJuggalo, April 9, 2008
- 55 replies
- 8,572 views
- JohnDeere
- April 29, 2008
Is skydiving a race thing? 1 2 3

By yeyo, July 14, 2006
- 55 replies
- 10,428 views
- skyberdyber
- July 21, 2006
= New Skydiving Gear = 1 2 3

By miraclecreator, March 3, 2010
- 55 replies
- 7,900 views
- excaza
- July 13, 2012
"That Guy" 1 2 3

By Drago, January 5, 2015
- 55 replies
- 12,934 views
- Slater
- January 10, 2015
would you let me jump a smaller chute at your dz? 1 2 3

By MADPROPS, January 23, 2009
- 55 replies
- 6,783 views
- Couloirman
- May 10, 2009
Roads more dangerous than skydiving?????? 1 2 3

By kevinwhelan, July 14, 2006
- 55 replies
- 6,223 views
- mjosparky
- July 16, 2006
"You can do everything right and still die in this sport". 1 2 3

By Spatula, September 15, 2004
- 55 replies
- 4,226 views
- mjosparky
- September 28, 2004
How NOT to lurk a tandem... 1 2 3

By scdiver89, April 18, 2011
- 55 replies
- 6,148 views
- airtwardo
- April 21, 2011
USPA BOD 2018 Election Results. 1 2 3

By 3331, November 5, 2018
- 55 replies
- 10,901 views
- sundevil777
- December 10, 2018
pre-jump rituals 1 2 3

By sonomatommy, September 15, 2007
- 55 replies
- 4,890 views
- LemmingBoy
- September 30, 2007
Are there skydivers without injuries? 1 2 3

By Don.Key, May 15, 2005
- 55 replies
- 5,094 views
- Bodyflight.Net
- May 22, 2005
16 yo tandem 1 2 3

By D_mented1, June 16, 2012
- 55 replies
- 7,967 views
- exanimatebylove
- June 19, 2012
To anyone considering donating money to the museum...... 1 2 3

By baronn, December 20, 2018
- 55 replies
- 11,426 views
- 3331
- January 23, 2019
Integrity of USPA Records in Question! 1 2 3

By Buried, September 6, 2012
- 54 replies
- 9,927 views
- Buried
- March 21, 2013
NO WIND JUMPS- keeps hurting me 1 2 3

By ravel, June 24, 2011
- 54 replies
- 4,467 views
- Divalent
- June 26, 2011
How did you come up with the cashola? 1 2 3

By Spatula, February 9, 2004
- 54 replies
- 3,684 views
- vdschoor
- February 12, 2004
The Pay Scale, fair? 1 2 3

By hudsonderek, September 1, 2008
- 54 replies
- 6,042 views
- squarecanopy
- September 26, 2008
For routine jumps, what do you carry when skyding to help you handle problems on the ground after landing? 1 2 3

By GLIDEANGLE, November 14, 2007
- 54 replies
- 4,720 views
- fastphil
- November 21, 2007
gotta pay for main and freebag on a chop???? 1 2 3

By Heyman777, November 21, 2008
- 54 replies
- 6,415 views
- catfishhunter
- November 25, 2008
Embarrassing student "tricks" 1 2 3

By labrys, January 18, 2006
- 54 replies
- 6,672 views
- Jamdiablo
- April 10, 2006
Jumpship numbers? 1 2 3

By Scoop, June 1, 2007
- 54 replies
- 7,820 views
- lekstrom10k
- June 4, 2007
Cloud bustin 1 2 3

By ShivaDas, January 10, 2003
- 54 replies
- 8,320 views
- pchapman
- January 14, 2003
Skyride affiliated DZ at Waverly, TN is history 1 2 3

By BillyVance, February 7, 2015
- 54 replies
- 17,229 views
- jlmiracle
- April 28, 2015
Video: Corliss tries to BASE jump Empire State Building 1 2 3

By JohnRich, January 16, 2008
- 54 replies
- 8,531 views
- PLFXpert
- January 19, 2008
Night jump requirements for D? 1 2 3

By crotalus01, March 20, 2011
- 54 replies
- 6,937 views
- riggerpaul
- March 23, 2011
Need input from USPA members, Parachutist article 1 2 3

By peek, July 5, 2017
- 54 replies
- 12,092 views
- wan2doit
- August 1, 2017

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